Player Focus: Curtain Call for Edinson Cavani? is a post from: Serie A Weekly Player Focus: Curtain Call for Edinson Cavani? is a post from: Serie A Weekly For three seasons, Napoli fans have witnessed the emergence of one of football's potentially legend strikers. Playing for a club defined by its owner's outrageous personality and cult-like dedication to the Maradona days, Edinson Cavani has.
Napoli trail Juventus by just two points in the Serie A table going into their match against third-place Inter and a big reason for that success has been Edinson Cavani. The Uruguayan striker scored 49 league goals in his first two seasons with the club and already has 10 this season (only Stephan El Shaarawy has more).
Given the holy surroundings of Argentina's two greatest footballing products, Diego Maradona (having inspired the Church of Maradona) and Lionel Messi (the linear nature of Messiah and all), Pope Francis, also of Argentina and a fan of San Lorenzo, was bound to kick the internets into action. He did indeed, even inspiring some of Argentina's print editions.
In England, we've spent the last decade wondering whether Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard can play together for the national team. Perhaps the real problem was a lack of forward planning. Take Argentina, for instance, where Diego Maradona is already sparking tactical debate about how his newborn son, Diego Fernando, might fit into a national [.
Lionel Messi. Hernan Crespo. Diego Maradona. Sergio Aguero. Javier Saviola The long list of goalscoring Argentines can go on and on, and for this reason it should be no surprise that another young goalscorer is emerging in the South American country.
Enter Luciano Vietto. The 19 year old striker from Racing Club de Avellaneda finished 2012 as a regular for his side in Argentina.
Operating under the supposition that the Mayans were right and Friday December 21st will bring the end of days, Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport used it's 'final' edition on Thursday to pay tribute to some of the greatest moments in sporting history.
Nominated events include Abebe Bikila barefoot victory in the 1960 Olympic marathon, Zinedine Zidane's transfer to Juventus and Maradona's ridiculous goal against Belgium at the 1986 World Cup.
Less than two weeks after the birth of Lionel Messi's first child, Thiago, Brazilian football legend Pele has decided that the boy is a far worse footballer than Neymar's 15-month-old son, Davi Lucca. This has only intensified the already heated debate as to who is the world's absolute greatest baby footballer.
The young Crystal Palace star has been called up for the England squad to face Sweden. Since then Zaha has been talking to the press about his ambitions both domestically and internationally in the game.
Confidence is an important quality in a good player and something that the 20 year old has in abundance.
Lionel Messi resumed his preseason training at Barcelona's Ciutat
Esportiva gym yesterday and almost instantly drummed up comparisons to Maradona.
After examining his condition, Fernando Signorini, the Argentinean physiotherapist
who masterminded Diego Maradona's fitness plan at Mexico 86′ (which Argentina
won, of course) declared that Messi has yet to reach his peak as a
player.
With additions like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Beckham, PSG have done just about all they can to ensure they are the focus of attention in French football. Others in Ligue 1, like Louis Nicollin, owner of reigning champions Montpellier, are a little perturbed about this blatant spotlight-hogging.
Diego Maradona's sensational goal against England in the 1986 World Cup will long be remembered. No, not the handball one, which —in some circles — is better known, but the one where Maradona snaked through half of the England team ......
Diego Maradona's sensational goal against England in the 1986 World Cup will long be remembered. No, not the handball one, which —in some circles — is better known, but the one where Maradona snaked through half of the England team and scored one of the best World Cup goals of all time.
Artist Richard Swarbrick produced the wonderful animation.
Argentina legend Diego Maradona is being lined up as a shock managerial favorite for the open Blackburn position according to a report from ESPN. The report comes after former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp closed the door on rumors linking himself with the vacancy, but Maradona finds himself on a shortlist next to fans' favorite choice Ian Holloway.
After a brilliant Superclásico between Boca Juniors and River Plate at El Monumental in Buenos Aires this past weekend, it only seems natural to keep the love in Argentina going strong. Today is all about El Diego, Señor Maradona, the man with the hand of god (La Mano de Dios), who turns 52.
Diego Maradona is in Kannur, India for a promotional trip and his arrival has been treated like that of a visiting king. To celebrate his 52nd birthday on October 30th, they held a big outdoor party, which gave Maradona the chance to show off his suave dance moves with model Ranjini Haridas.
Once he finished showing how he got his girlfriend pregnant, a 55-pound birthday cake was brought out and Maradona tried to sing Happy Birthday to himself.
Lionel Messi's detractors have a problem.The amazingly talented Argentinian attacker isn't just good for Barcelona anymore, eliminating most of the criticisms of his game. For years, critics, blowhards and "experts" alike have attacked Messi for not doing enough on the international level. Argentina's failures have been unnecessarily, and unfairly, placed on Messi's back to the point where he resembles Atlas, struggling to hold up the Earth.
Maradona-an Arsenal Fan by TS So in the light of transfer season and all the chaos that surrounds
it, I thought it would be great to step back and reflect on one of the worlds best. World Cup
winner Diego Maradona has revealed he is an Arsenal fan(who knew!) and what's more, the Argentine
legend [...
I grew up in Scotland. The wee man was ubiquitous. And he could be dangerous. The big man was
wary. Don't annoy the wee man. His punch reached above his stature. You didn't see it coming. He
was down there. And you couldn't catch him. He was fast. It was the same on the soccer field.
One of Scotland's most famous clubs, Glasgow Celtic, fielded a player named Jimmy "Jinky"
Johnstone (pictured).
Could the saga of Valdes loan rumors finally be over? Eastern PA US Open Cup qualifying final on Saturday. Reading and Ocean City announce open tryouts. More news.
Two goals late in the first half left one team smiling as it entered its locker room in Columbus, but the Philadelphia Union weren't that club.
Jairo Arrieta, formerly of Deportivo Saprissa, put the Columbus Crew ahead 1-0 in the 45th minute, after Sheanon Williams, once again starting at his unnatural left back position, and Amobi Okugo both had major gaffes defensively.
Diego Maradona is reportedly on the verge of becoming the new manager of Iraq's national team. In an unlikely union between two of the world's main sources of chaos, the Argentine legend is set to be confirmed in the role before the end of the year. Spanish newspaper AS quotes Maradona's agent Hernan Tofoni as [.
Brad Friedel is aware that his playing days are winding down, and Tottenham is reportedly eyeing
a move that could accelerate his decline from his post as the club's No. 1 goalkeeper.
According to reports, Spurs are looking to sign Lyon and French national team goalkeeper Hugo
Lloris, a move that does not faze the veteran American goalkeeper, who is entering his second
season with Tottenham.
Al Wasl did not reap the benefits as expected under Diego Maradona's tutelage. The Saudi Arabian
club finished eighth in a 12 team league and the final straw was when Al Muharaq, a Bahraini club
beat Al Wasl on penalties after both clubs tied on aggregate over both legs of a local
tournament.
My All-Time Top 10 Great Goalkeepers: #8 Peter Shilton
Nationality: English
Total appearances: 1005
Caps: 125
World Cups:3
Titles: 8
England's Peter Shilton became his country's highest capped player in 1990 when he won his 125th cap against Italy in a Third Place match in the World Cup of that year.
51 year old football legend Diego Maradona gets the superstar treatment while in Kannur, India. And to celebrate his 52nd birthday on October 30, they threw a big party in his honour.
And the Argentine great wasted no time getting into party mode as he sang and ahem, danced with Model Ranjini Haridas before cutting his massive football pitch like cake which was topped of with a replica 2006 World Cup football cake, now thats one ball the living legend could not juggle.
The folks at DT don't know enough about hiding drugs to know the logistics of concealing marijuana inside a portrait, but it surely must involve a dash of ingenuity and plenty of cunning. It takes less cunning, however, to make the portrait of an extremely popular South American football star, and then carry it on a public bus through Colombia.
Remember in January when Mexican police raided the headquarters of soccer club Puebla FC? DeMarcus Beasley made a few tweets, we giggled, and then thought to ourselves #ThirdWorldProblems. Well, that flippant hashtag was incorrect. Today, the Italian police have raided the headquarters of Serie A leading (tied with Juventus) Napoli.
There is a story that the first day a young boy arrived to train with a local football team in the suburbs of Buenos Aires three people were there to watch him. By the second day there were 10. By...
In 1990 the FIFA World Cup held in Italy gave us the official anthem "Un'estate italiana" which
translates english to "To Be Number One". The song is sung by Italian artists Edoardo Bennato and
Gianna Nannini. West Germany (yup it was still West Germany in 1990) beat Argentina 1-0 at Stadio
Olimpico in Rome, it was also the World Cup game Diego Maradona would lace his cleats up for.
09.08.2012 - El largo otoño (futbolÃstico) de Ariel Ortega llegó a su fin
cuando (ayer) a los 38 años, el Burrito decidió (oficialmente) retirarse del fútbol
profesional.
Tres mundiales (EE.UU.1994, Francia 1998 y Corea-Japón 2002), 87 partidos de selección (17 goles)
a la que entró reemplazando a Diego Maradona (de piernas cortadas) para hacerse cargo (en pleno
Mundial 94) con 19 años.
